Woodbridge High School is a thriving, ethnically diverse, successful comprehensive secondary school that serves its local community in the heart of Woodford. The school is a ten-form entry school with 300 students each year. The sixth form continues to prosper with the majority of our students staying on after year 11. The teaching staff are all specialists in their separate areas and permanently contracted to the school. Year on year the school attracts a high number of first-choice applications. The school has a diverse curriculum that meets the needs of all the students and provides them with a pathway towards their chosen careers. Many students move on to universities with a good number attending Russell Group institutions. The school is a happy, flourishing, and mutually respectful place of learning.
The most recent Ofsted report confirms that we continue to be a good school. It mentions many areas where we have made further gains since our last inspection. The report states that: “The Leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school”, “pupils’ outcomes are improving”, enrichment activities are well organized and pay attention to pupils’ needs”, “progress in the sixth form was strong” and “the school community is a harmonious environment”. Students, parents, the governing body, and staff have very good reason to reflect happily on our achievements.
Students at Woodbridge benefit from first-class facilities including a fitness center, dance studio, artificial grass pitch, outdoor basketball nets and table-tennis tables, refurbished sports hall, and performance theatre. The Core Purpose of Woodbridge High School is to create an inclusive community of successful learners. This is achieved through the following aims:
- To give each individual the opportunity to achieve the maximum of his/her ability and to develop lively, enquiring, and reflective minds.
- To give meaning and enjoyment to the students’ present learning experience and to encourage self-motivation, enterprise, and a commitment to lifelong learning.
- To introduce students to aspects of human knowledge and experience by providing a balanced and relevant curriculum.
- To provide equal opportunities for development for all members of the school community.
- To prepare students to be responsible citizens within the community and to give them the flexibility and skills to meet the demands of a rapidly changing society.
- To uphold British values as set out by the government and incorporate these in all aspects of our daily life.
- To enable students to establish social and personal relationships based on respect, understanding, and co-operation.
The school aims to provide a broad, balanced, relevant, differentiated, and inclusive curriculum for all students through a formal program of lessons and a full range of extra-curricular activities. The taught curriculum is based upon the National Curriculum programs of study at Key Stages 3 and 4 and is timetabled using a 50-period two-week cycle. Ofsted (2012) described our curriculum as providing “a broad, balanced, rich experience for students, leading to worthwhile qualifications”.
At Woodbridge High School, our SMSC (spiritual, moral, social, and cultural) program is used to reinforce those values which make our school community into one which is both tolerant and respectful. We have a full assembly program that deals with aspects of students’ SMSC development. Life Studies lessons are used to further embed the teaching of British Values as well as cover important curriculum areas which prepare students for the modern world.
